Jing Fan on Atomic Spin

Prisma Migration on Heroku and NodeJS

Prisma migrations are simple for local development, but what about staging and production on Heroku? Here are three ways to run Prisma migrations on Heroku.

Developer Tools

Setting up Microsoft Graph API in Node

In getting the authentication setup for Microsoft Azure in Node, we can take advantage of the Graph API in the background of any app.

Development Practices

Configuring Redis TLS

With Redis 6 now having built-in TLS support and Heroku with optional support for Hobby-dev tier, it's time to utilize TLS with minimal effort.

Developer Tools

Discord for Work? Yes!

Discord has the flexibility to make frequent virtual pairing sustainable. Our project setup over Discord is helping our team reach the finish line strong.

Developer Tools

How to Parse and Annotate PDFs in Node

Many libraries make it easy to draw on and annotate PDFs. Here are several tools that were useful for me in modifying PDFs.

Extracurricular Activities

How to Traverse Through a Word Doc’s Footnotes/Endnotes with Visual Basic

This code easily saved me hours, and I hope it saves other writers time when they need to search and log all of their footnotes or endnotes!

Web Apps

Drawing Thousands of Polylines via Google Maps API V3

How we used filters and zoom-level logic to reduce memory usage and plot routes across the United States involving over 500,000 polylines via Google Maps API v3.

Web Apps

Unit Testing Google Maps API with Jest

To isolate our functions for testing, we needed to create some mocks for Google Maps API. We chose Jest for its ease of use and because there's a handy Jest-Junit reporter that cre

Functional Programming

Setting Up a Local Database for Integration Testing in F# with Dapper

What I learned setting up a local database for integration testing. The code was in F#, and we chose Dapper, a lightweight ORM, for our database needs.

Growing as Makers

Developing from Home? Don’t Be Afraid to Ask Questions

When I started working from home, I had to adjust to the extra effort it takes to communicate with others. It was easy to wrestle with problems alone.

Personal Optimization

Becoming a Developer/Mom after a Five-Year Hiatus

How do you re-enter the fast-paced, ever-changing world of software development when you’ve been out of the loop for five years?

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